Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 44

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Their eyes locked, and Ellie’s face turned pale with anger, struggling to believe that Alex actually called her hypocritical.

Tears welled up in her eyes, but her voice was unwavering. “I don’t need it!” she said

Ellie put down her bag and started tidying up the ward. She decided to swallow everything for the chance to be promoted.

Alex stared at Ellie, noticing her pained and frustrated expression. He glanced down at the pink diamond necklace in his hands, breaking the silence that filled the room.

“Help me up! I need to go to the bathroom! he snapped from behind her. Ellie ignored him. His head was injured, not his legs he could’ve been up and about since morning.

something at her.

area.

the doorway, peeling an orange

shot back, ‘At

half–peeled orange at her, along with the peel. “You little brat! Try saying that

the dripping orange from the floor and tossed it in the trash

day in your apartment, Aaron started the fight. Why don’t you go yell at him instead?” Alex moved aside to let her pass, but he bent down to grab another orange and lay back in bed, carelessly

to argue, so she pretended not to

He hurled the orange at the ceiling, creating a loud thud as

a stain on the ceiling, walked over, and tossed the orange in the trash. Just as she turned to leave, Alex grabbed her

“You’re not wrong; the ceiling started the fight